I read pretty much anything, from fantasy (City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett) to romance (Bared to You by Sylvia Day) to classics (Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad). The only genres I don't read are self-help and comic books/graphic novels.

After reading the book 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die a few years ago I decided to create my own personal list. The 'official' published one had many books that I found completely uninteresting or would never be able to get my hands on because they were published so long ago that there are no copies available in stores or libraries (I'd have to hunt down private collectors and read their copies, and that's not going to happen). I've come to the unilateral decision that you're all going to find my list unbelievably interesting and so it must be shared (mwahahaha!).

My list is 59 pages long, so as I'm in such a good mood after my decision to generously share my list, I will post it letter by letter, starting with A and going from there. I won't be on BL or GR for a while due to tomorrow being the start of the long journey back to Melbourne, so my list will have to keep you all amused while I'm out of contact. I can't wait to see the comments when I get back, and I fully encourage you to tell me what you think of the list in general, or specific books on it and why they're good or bad, whether they should be on the list and what books I might be missing (have at it, I'm ready for some good discussions).

At the end of each letter's list there are a pair of numbers, one to tell me how many books are in that letter (occasionally, the 1001 has gone over or under the proscribed number, this is the best way I've found of keeping track of how many books are in the entire list as I can add up each letter's total and hopefully come to the overall total of 1001) and one to tell me how many books from that letter I've read. The books I've read are bolded and so is the corresponding number at the bottom.